The iPhone is about to get a lot more fluent. iOS 27 will bring support for nine new languages and accents to Apple Translate, pushing the app’s total support from 21 up to 30 — the biggest single expansion update Translate has ever received.
Soon, you’ll be ready for, “Dette er den største enkeltstående udvidelsesopdatering, som Apple Translate nogensinde har modtaget.”
What’s new in Apple Translate on iOS 27?
If you’ve fumbled through a menu in Lisbon or tried to shop in Oslo with nothing but hand gestures, this is the update you’ve been waiting for. Translate was always an underrated app buried on the iPhone, but Apple now seems to be treating it like a priority instead of an afterthought.
Nine additions to Apple Translate headline the update, and they definitely fill some obvious gaps. Hebrew is the standout addition — a language Translate never supported until now. Alongside it, Apple is also adding Danish, Malay, Norwegian Bokmal, Swedish, Cantonese (Traditional Chinese), Portuguese (Portugal) and regional variants for Spanish (Mexico) and Spanish (US).
And the last pair matters more than you’d think. Instead of lumping every Spanish speaker into a generic profile, Apple has acknowledged that Mexican Spanish and the one spoken across the US don’t always sound or translate the same way.
It’s a small detail, but it fixes the regional nuance that makes or breaks a translation app for people who rely on it.
Here’s the complete list of languages and accents Translate will support once iOS 27 goes live.
- Arabic
- Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional) – NEW
- Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified)
- Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional)
- Danish – NEW
- Dutch
- English (UK) – transcribe only
- English (US)
- French (France)
- German (Germany)
- Hebrew – NEW
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malay – NEW
- Norwegian Bokmal – NEW
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Portuguese (Portugal) – NEW
- Russian
- Spanish (Mexico) – NEW
- Spanish (US) – NEW
- Swedish – NEW
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
Apple’s bigger multilingual push
This isn’t an isolated change. Apple has been expanding language support across the board this year. App Store Connect got 11 new languages for localized app metadata back in March, while iOS 27’s keyboard will support Afrikaans, Guarani, Zulu and other Indigenous languages.
Translate’s expansion seems to be the next domino in the same strategy.
It’s also a reminder that Apple’s AI ambitions aren’t limited to Siri getting smarter. Apple is quietly adding features in apps most people never think twice about. An improved Translate app doesn’t need a keynote moment. Instead, it just needs to work when you are standing in a foreign place with no mobile data and limited understanding of the local language.
Since iOS 27 is still in beta, Apple might tweak this list before the software ships later this year. But if you speak any of these nine additions, your iPhone will soon understand you a little better.
